Foodie for FREE

If there is anyone who can find the best deal, I am she. My friends say I'm all about the FREE. If I can get something for free, I will. If I can get the best deal, I will. If all else fails... I'll use someone else's money.

Sometimes I can use someone else's money to get a good deal later. I didn't quite realize it until I logged onto to Opentable.com to see if I could make a reservation for dinner.

I saw that I had accumulated over 5000 points, which means I have made enough reservations to earn a $50 restaurant gift certificate. Free meal!

I clicked on my profile to figure out how to redeem points and there was a list of my last 5 reservations. As I studied this list I felt amused because it pretty much acts as a date log. My last 5 reservation span over 5 months, and each one was a date with 5 different guys.


Olives with Redsox: I talk to him about restaurants all the time, and he keeps trying to find a place where I haven't yet dined. I chose Olives because he couldn't name a place I hadn't been. Best Ceasar salad in Boston.

Troquet with Indian Consultant: He wanted a sugar daddy relationship, but I found him incredibly boring. He doesn't drink either. I don't trust people who don't drink... especially when we're at my FAVORITE wine bar in the city.

Mortons with LV: He made it one step farther as a Sugar Daddy prospect, but I'm pretty sure that was a one shot deal. I appreciate the steak at Mortons... and the steak I had in Vegas.

Avila with Latrell: He was my older man. We dated for a few weeks, but the sex was awful. Avila is the sister restaurant to Davios, a place Latrell loves to get apres-work drinks. Same lay-out for both restaurants, but completely different cuisine. Way to work the twin thing.

Ruth Chris with a random CL date: A very nice guy, great conversationalist, but a serial dater... just like me. A One-date wonder who treated me to the best filet I've had in my life and my new favorite Pinot Noir (Laetitia Estate 2002).

Thanks to these 5 men, I accumulated 500 points on OpenTable. Their dime, my reward.

Now I'm going to use my $50 gift certificate to take out one of the fabulous chicks in my life.